100 Notable alumni of
Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine University is 296th in the world, 122nd in North America, and 116th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Pepperdine University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Michelle Monaghan
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress. She has starred in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Trucker (2008), Source Code (2011), Pixels (2015), and Patriots Day (2016). She also received recognition for her role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series Mission: Impossible, making appearances in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), and Fallout (2018).
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Chace Crawford
- Occupations
- television actormodelfilm actoractor
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Christopher Chace Crawford is an American actor. He is known for his television portrayals of Nate Archibald on the series Gossip Girl (2007–2012), and of The Deep in the series The Boys (2019–present). He is also known for starring in the films The Covenant (2006), The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008), Twelve (2010), and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). In 2015, he portrayed Billy LeFever in the short-lived series Blood & Oil.
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Brandy
- Occupations
- singer-songwritermodelmusiciansocialiterecording artist
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Brandy Rayana Norwood, better known mononymously as Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Her sound is characterized by heavy voice-layering and riffs. As of 2024, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide, with approximately 8.62 million albums sold in the United States. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award and an American Music Award.
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Kelly Hu
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- film actormodelbeauty pageant contestanttelevision actoractor
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Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress, former fashion model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera Sunset Beach and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series Nash Bridges. She has starred in numerous films including The Scorpion King (2002) as Cassandra, Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) as Sona, X2 as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike (2003), The Tournament (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and White Frog (2012).
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Tia Mowry
- Occupations
- modelfilm actorwritervoice actoractor
- Biography
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Tia Dashon Mowry is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–1999), opposite her twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the fantasy comedy film Seventeen Again (2000) and voiced the LaBelle sisters in the animated series Detention (1999–2000). The two also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches (2005) and its sequel, Twitches Too (2007). They were featured in the reality series Tia & Tamera from 2011 to 2013.
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Eric Christian Olsen
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- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Eric Christian Olsen, is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Investigator Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Austin in the film Not Another Teen Movie, and Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.
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John Lasseter
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- film directorexecutive producerfilm producerscreenwriterdirector
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John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, and animator. He has served as the Head of Animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. Previously, he acted as the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Tamera Mowry
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractorsinger
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Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley is an American actress, television personality, and former singer. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too, and played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama Strong Medicine.
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Christine Blasey Ford
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Psychology
- Occupations
- professor of psychologywriteruniversity teacheracademicpsychologist
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Christine Margaret Blasey Ford is an American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She specializes in designing statistical models for research projects. During her academic career, Ford has worked as a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Collaborative Clinical Psychology Program.
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Kim Fields
- Occupations
- television actorscreenwriteractortelevision director
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Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan is an American actress and director. She first gained fame as a child actress on the television series Good Times (1978–1979), and rose to greater prominence for her role as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1981), as well as its spin-off The Facts of Life (1979–1988).
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Mike Leach
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Michael Charles Leach was an American college football coach who primarily coached at the NCAA Division I FBS level. He was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the NCAA record-setting air raid offense. He was the head coach at Texas Tech University from 2000 to 2009, where he became the winningest coach in school history. After Texas Tech, he coached at Washington State University from 2012 to 2019, where he recorded the third-most wins of any coach in school history. He then coached at Mississippi State University from 2020 until his death in 2022.
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Meredith Salenger
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Meredith Dawn Salenger is an American actress. Her credits include the 1985 film The Journey of Natty Gann, as the title character, and the 1989 teen comedy Dream a Little Dream.
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Louise Linton
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- film directoractor
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Louise Linton is a Scottish actress. She has appeared in the horror films Cabin Fever and Intruder, in minor roles in the television series CSI: NY and Cold Case, and wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2021 film Me You Madness. Linton is married to Steven Mnuchin, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Carrie Hamilton
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- stage actorfilm actorplaywrightwriterscreenwriter
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Carrie Louise Hamilton was an American actress, playwright and singer. Hamilton was a daughter of comedian Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton. She was also the older sister of Jody Hamilton, an actress and producer, and singer Erin Hamilton.
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Adam Housley
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- journalistcorrespondentbaseball player
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Arthur Adam Housley is an Emmy winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018.
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Montell Jordan
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- singer-songwriterrecord producersingerrapper
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Montell Du'Sean Barnett Jordan is an American singer, pastor, songwriter, and record producer. Best known for his 1995 single "This Is How We Do It", Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam's Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003.
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Dennis Johnson
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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Dennis Wayne Johnson, nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and an alumnus of Dominguez High School, Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine University.
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Mike Cernovich
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Michael Cernovich is an American right-wing social media personality, political commentator, and conspiracy theorist. Though he initially called himself alt-right, he dissociated from the movement after Richard Spencer became its public face. Cernovich describes himself as part of the new right and some have described him as part of the alt-lite.
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Jeffrey Sprecher
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jeffrey Craig Sprecher is an American businessman, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Leslie Landon
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- film actorpsychologisttelevision actor
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Leslie Landon Matthews is an American former actress. She had a supporting role on the Little House on the Prairie television series, in which her father, Michael Landon, played the lead.
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Rick J. Caruso
- Occupations
- businessperson
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Rick Joseph Caruso is an American businessman. A billionaire, he is the founder and former chief executive officer of Caruso, an American real-estate company. He is the chair of the board of trustees at the University of Southern California and was previously the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission and a member of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners.
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Will Cain
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- editorsports commentatorcolumnisttelevision presenterpolitical analyst
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Charles Williams Cain is an American columnist, political analyst, and sports commentator. He is currently the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend on Fox News. Previously, Cain had been a contributor for ESPN, joining the network in March 2015, working with the features unit and E:60 and appearing on First Take. He was the host of The Will Cain Show on ESPN Radio, which ran from January 2018 to June 2020. He has also been a contributor for Blaze Media and CNN, appearing frequently on Soledad O'Brien's morning program Starting Point.
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Ashley Jones
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- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is known for her roles in soap operas as Megan Dennison on The Young and the Restless and as Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. She also portrayed the recurring role as Daphne in the second season of the HBO drama series True Blood.
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Jim Everett
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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James Samuel Everett III is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected as the third pick in the first round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Unable to work out a contract agreement with Everett, the Oilers traded his rights to the Rams, with whom Everett played from 1986 to 1993. Jim then played with the New Orleans Saints from 1994 to 1996 and ended his career with a stint with the San Diego Chargers in 1997.
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Michael Shermer
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- sport cyclistwriterhistorian of sciencejournalistpsychologist
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Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
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Mike Richards
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- guest hosttelevision producergame show hosttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Michael Richards is an American television producer, game show host, and television personality. He was the executive producer of the American television game shows Let's Make a Deal and The Price Is Right from 2009 to 2019, and of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from 2020 to 2021.
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Sahith Theegala
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Sahith Reddy Theegala is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
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Amie Harwick
- Occupations
- modelwritersex therapistpsychotherapist
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Amie Nicole Harwick was an American writer and marriage and family therapist.
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Eric Thames
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Eric Allyn Thames is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, and Washington Nationals, in the KBO League for the NC Dinos, and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
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Pierce Brown
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- novelistscience fiction writerwriterscreenwriter
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Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018), Dark Age (2019), and Light Bringer (2023). He has also written a six-issue prequel comic book series, Red Rising: Sons of Ares, which was published in 2017.
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Oscar Muñoz
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Oscar Munoz is an American businessman, board member, and public speaker who was executive chairman of United Airlines from 2020 to 2021, after gaving been chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines from 2015 to 2020. Prior to his role at United Airlines, Munoz served on the board of parent company United Continental Holdings (UCH) and held multiple executive positions at CSX Corporation and AT&T.
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Chung Sye-kyun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chung Sye-kyun is a South Korean politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021.
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Allegra Rose Edwards
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 2010 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Allegra Rose Edwards is an American television actress known for playing Cindy McCabe in the USA Network anthology series Briarpatch and Ingrid Kannerman in the Amazon Prime Video comedy Upload.
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Michelle Fields
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Michelle Fields is an American political journalist who formerly wrote for The Huffington Post and was a reporter for Breitbart News, as well as a Fox News contributor. After graduating from college, Fields was hired as a reporter at The Daily Caller. She later became a correspondent for PJ Media. Fields is a former panelist on the Fox News program Cashin' In. In 2016, Fields accused Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her arm at a press conference. At the time, Fields was a reporter for Breitbart, but resigned her position in March 2016, due to the organization's handling of the Lewandowski incident.
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Michelle Park Steel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michelle Eunjoo Steel is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress.
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C. David Baker
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- politicianbasketball player
- Biography
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Carl David Baker is a former American football executive and politician. He was President and CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio from 2014 to 2021.
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Doug Christie
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Douglas Dale Christie is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Bill Weir
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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William Francis Weir is an American television journalist and author based in Manhattan. Weir is a correspondent and anchor for CNN, and the creator and host of the global documentary series "The Wonder List with Bill Weir." He is the former co-anchor of Nightline on ABC television network in the United States and co-anchored the weekend edition of Good Morning America from 2004 to 2010. His debut book, Life as We Know It (Can Be) (Chronicle Prism, 2024), confronts the biggest threats to life as we know it and explores ideas for building a more promising future, drawing on his reporting experience as CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent and as the host of The Wonder List.
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Madison Hildebrand
- Occupations
- real estate agent
- Biography
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Madison Pomeroy Hildebrand is an American media personality and realtor specializing in the luxury real estate market located in Malibu, California. A broker with Partners Trust Real Estate, Hildebrand formerly co-starred in the Bravo television series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, alongside Josh Flagg and Josh Altman. In 2009, Hildebrand released a book, Activate Your Passion, Create Your Career. In 2013, Hildebrand launched a scented candle collection called The Malibu Life By Madison Hildebrand. He is also a brand ambassador for the eSignature company, DocuSign, and produces a national seminar tour where Hildebrand coaches realtors across the country.
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Darby Hinton
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Edgar Raymond Darby Hinton is an American actor. His parents were actor Ed Hinton (1919–1958) and Marilyn Mau Hinton (1922–1982). Both of his sisters, Darcy and Daryn Hinton, were actresses from childhood. Hinton is best known for playing Israel Boone on Daniel Boone.
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Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- comediantheologianpastor
- Biography
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Nadia Bolz-Weber is an American author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. She served as the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado, until July 8, 2018.
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Dan Haren
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Daniel John Haren is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs. He now serves as a pitching strategist with the Diamondbacks.
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Mela Lee
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- voice actormusiciansingeractor
- Biography
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Mela Lee is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who voices characters on a number of animated series, films, television shows and video games. She is best known as the voice of Jade in Mortal Kombat 11. In anime, she voices lead characters Rin Tosaka, in Fate/stay night as well as Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and the film trilogy Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel; Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight; Shinku the fifth Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden; and Erica Karisawa in the Durarara!! series, which was broadcast on Adult Swim. In animation, she is the voice of Tikki in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which airs on Disney Channel, Disney+ and Netflix, and Kikimora in The Owl House. In video games, she voices Lifeline in Apex Legends, Rena Ryūgū in Higurashi When They Cry, Rachel Alucard in the BlazBlue series, Tiki in the Fire Emblem series and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Sharon Kreuger and Scarlet in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series.
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Mayar Sherif
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles, achieved on 19 June 2023, making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era. She also has a career-high ranking of No. 88 in doubles, reached on 11 July 2022. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open. She has also won a record six WTA 125 singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.
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Izabella St. James
- Occupations
- actorfilm actormodel
- Biography
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Izabella St. James is a television personality and a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, editor/publisher of Playboy magazine. She is best known as the author of a memoir entitled Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion, published 2006, about activities at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
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Lynn Williams
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lynn Raenie Williams is an American professional soccer player who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She previously played for the Kansas City Current, Western New York Flash in NWSL and Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League Women.
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Mike Scott
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Warren Scott is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986, becoming the first Astros pitcher to win the award. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season.
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Adam McArthur
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Adam McArthur is an American actor based in Los Angeles, California. His best-known role is voicing Marco Diaz in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Prince Lee-Char in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ricky and Patrick in Shadows House, Yuri in Sakugan, Chifuyu Matsuno in Tokyo Revengers, and Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen. He also voices characters on other animation shows, and on-screen on some nationally aired commercials. In martial arts, he specializes in kung fu, has been a champion at some tournaments, and has been the featured subject of several documentaries that have aired on PBS.
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Tess Broussard
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Brenda Tess Broussard is an American actress, glamour model, and media personality.
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Molefi Kete Asante
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Molefi Kete Asante is an American professor and philosopher. He is a leading figure in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies. He is currently a professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University, where he founded the PhD program in African-American Studies. He is president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.
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James Hahn
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including deputy city attorney (1975–1979), city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Fiona Ma
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fiona Ma is an American accountant and politician. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization (2015–2019), the California State Assembly (2006–2012), and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002–2006).
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Danielle Outlaw
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Danielle Outlaw is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023, chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon from 2017 to 2019, and deputy chief of the Oakland Police Department in California form 2013 to 2017.
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Bradley Cole
- Occupations
- actorsingertelevision actor
- Biography
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Bradley Thomas Cole is an American actor.
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Tommy Cheung
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, GBS, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the Catering functional constituencies seats. He is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the current chairman of the Liberal Party.
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Luisa Stefani
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Luisa Veras Stefani is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA top 10. She reached the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she rose to world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 431. She had a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 10 on 30 March 2015.
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Francesca Marie Smith
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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Francesca Marie Smith is an American actress known for voicing Helga Pataki on the Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold!. She is also known for voicing multiple characters on Disney's Recess, most notably as Ashley B. and Swinger Girl, among others.
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Brian Goorjian
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Brian Warwick Goorjian is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Australia men's national basketball team. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball and his career has been called the most successful in NBL history by Basketball Australia. In an NBL coaching career spanning over 20 years, Goorjian has won six championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, three with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He previously served as the head coach of the Australia men's team from 2001 to 2008 before returning as coach in 2020.
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Rich Cho
- Occupations
- general manager
- Biography
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Richard Cho is an American basketball executive who currently serves as the Vice President of Basketball Strategy of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the Grizzlies, Cho was the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte Hornets, and the assistant general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Cho was the first Asian American general manager in NBA history.
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Michele Weaver
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Michele Weaver is an American actress, known for playing the leading role in the Oprah Winfrey Network romantic drama series, Love Is.
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Malcolm Thomas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Malcolm Iseiah Thomas is an American professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs, where he twice earned All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) second-team honors.
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Scott Alexander
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Scott Alain Alexander is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Pepperdine University and Sonoma State University. The Kansas City Royals selected Alexander in the sixth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. Alexander made his MLB debut in 2015 with the Royals, and has also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.
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Kessler Edwards
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kessler Donovan Edwards is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
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Charles P. Rettig
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Charles Paul Rettig is an American attorney who served as the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). On September 12, 2018, the United States Senate confirmed Rettig's nomination to be Commissioner for the term expiring November 12, 2022. Rettig was sworn in on October 1, 2018.
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Robert Lindstedt
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He has also reached four finals at the Wimbledon Championships: in 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongside Horia Tecău in men's doubles, and in 2019 with Jeļena Ostapenko in mixed doubles.
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Gail Hopkins
- Occupations
- basketball playerorthopedic surgeoncoachhead coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Gail Eason Hopkins is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. Before reaching the majors, he attended David Starr Jordan High School and then a catcher at Pepperdine University, where he was named an All-American in 1963. He was primarily a first baseman and catcher in the majors, and was the first Pepperdine baseball player to play Major League Baseball. Hopkins helped Pepperdine qualify for the NCAA Playoffs in both 1962 and 1963 and returned to serve as Pepperdine's head coach for one season in 1968. Hopkins also played basketball at Pepperdine. He recalls that part of why he chose Pepperdine was that he had gone to high school in southern California and wanted to stay in the area; he also wanted to study both religion and biology, and Pepperdine gave him the chance to do so. In 2010, Gail became the second athlete from Pepperdine University to be inducted into the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor. Hopkins was raised in the Churches of Christ.
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Alex Acker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alexander Maurice Acker is an American-Italian professional basketball player who last played for Gallarate Basket of the Serie C Gold. He played college basketball for Pepperdine University. Acker was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the final pick of the 2005 NBA draft and spent two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers.
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Kimberly Yee
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kimberly Yee is an American politician serving as the 45th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature. Yee has served as Acting Governor of Arizona on one occasion while Governor Hobbs was out of state.
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Sarah Attar
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 2012 studied art
- Occupations
- middle-distance runner
- Biography
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Sarah Attar is a Saudi-American track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia. She also competed in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics.
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Yakhouba Diawara
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Yakhouba Diawara is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Southern Idaho and Pepperdine.
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George Schlatter
- Occupations
- film directortelevision producerfilm producertelevision director
- Biography
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George Schlatter is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, founder of the American Comedy Awards, and author of Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (Unnamed Press 2023).
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Jason Gore
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Jason William Gore is an American professional golfer.
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Susan Swift
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Susan Swift is an American actress best known for her work as a child actress and her role as Ivy Templeton in Audrey Rose.
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Bernard C. Parks
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernard C. Parks is an American politician, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th district in South Los Angeles from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Parks served as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from August 1997 to May 2002.
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Robert Kyncl
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- scientistmanager
- Biography
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Robert Kyncl is an American business executive. He became the CEO of Warner Music Group on January 1, 2023. He was previously the Chief Business Officer at YouTube where he oversaw all business functions, partnerships and operations. Before YouTube, Kyncl was Vice President of Content Acquisitions at Netflix, where he spearheaded the company's content acquisition for streaming TV shows and movies over the Internet. Mr and Mrs Kyncl reside with their two daughters in Los Angeles and founded Kyncl Family Foundation focused on supporting educational needs of underrepresented communities.
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Michael Reardon
- Occupations
- writerrock climber
- Biography
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Michael Reardon was an American professional free solo climber, filmmaker, motivational speaker and writer. Reardon died at age 42, after being swept to sea by a rogue wave, shortly after climbing a sea cliff at Dohilla in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Duncan Chiu
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Duncan Chiu Tat-kun is a Hong Kong politician serving as a member of the Legislative Council for the Technology and Innovation functional constituency. He is the youngest child of Hong Kong entrepreneur Deacon Chiu.
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Jon McBride
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineerfighter pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jon Andrew McBride, is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer.
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Kenneth Hahn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Frederick Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961.
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William B. Allen
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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William Barclay Allen is an author, professor, and political scientist from Fernandina Beach, Florida. He was a member of the National Council on the Humanities from 1984 to 1987 and chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1988 to 1989. Allen has been described as a "conservative black leader in education."
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Julia Hartz
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Julia Hartz is an American entrepreneur, investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a global ticketing and event technology platform. She is known for her leadership of Eventbrite during the COVID-19 pandemic and empowering women in the technology industry. Hartz was selected as one of Fortune magazine's most powerful women entrepreneurs.
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Mike Fetters
- Occupations
- baseball coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Michael Lee Fetters is an American professional baseball coach. He is currently the bullpen coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for eight teams during his 16-year career as a pitcher from 1989 to 2004. Fetters started his playing career with the California Angels and also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, the Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins. Fetters had his best season in 1996 when he finished fifth in the American League in saves with 32 with the Brewers. Fetters finished his career with 100 career saves.
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Reuven Bar-On
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Reuven Bar-On is an Israeli psychologist and one of the leading pioneers, theorists and researchers in emotional intelligence. Bar-On is thought to be the first to introduce the concept of an “EQ” to measure “emotional and social competence”, although the acronym was used earlier to describe ideas that were not associated with emotional intelligence per se. In the first copy of his doctoral dissertation, which was submitted in 1985, Bar-On proposed a quantitative approach to creating “an EQ analogous to an IQ score”.
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Katherine Kirk
- Occupations
- golfer
- Biography
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Katherine Kirk is a professional golfer from Australia, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the ALPG Tour. She played under her maiden name, Katherine Hull, until her marriage to Tom Kirk on 2 August 2012 and also under the name Katherine Hull-Kirk.
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Blake Irving
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Blake Irving is the American former Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of GoDaddy. Before coming to GoDaddy in 2013, Blake worked for Yahoo! and Microsoft where he helped develop NetMeeting, MSN Messenger, and Hotmail.
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Matt Fong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew Kipling Fong was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee, finance industry director, and consultant after retiring from the Air Force Reserve. As of 2024, he is the very last Republican to serve as California State Treasurer to date.
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Jami Miscik
- Occupations
- intelligence analyst
- Biography
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Judith A. "Jami" Miscik is an American intelligence analyst who was also the Central Intelligence Agency's Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Agency's most senior analytic post. In 2005 she left CIA to become Global Head of Sovereign Risk for the now-bankrupt financial services firm Lehman Brothers. Miscik is former President and Vice-Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. in New York and currently CEO of Global Strategic Insights, a private consulting firm. In 2009 she was appointed to President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board.
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Edward C. Hugler
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Edward Charles Hugler was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations in the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the United States Department of Labor from April 2000 until March 2018. He served as Acting Secretary of Labor from February 2–24, 2009, when Hilda Solis's nomination by President Barack Obama became bogged down during Senate confirmation hearings. He stepped down from the position when Solis was confirmed and sworn in as Secretary of Labor. Ed Hugler also served as Acting Secretary of Labor from January 20, 2017, to April 28, 2017, when Alexander Acosta was confirmed and sworn into office.
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André Birotte Jr
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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André Birotte Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and previously served as United States Attorney for the Central District of California. On July 22, 2014, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Birotte to serve as a district judge in Los Angeles after being nominated by President Barack Obama.
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Brandon Williams
- Enrolled in Pepperdine University
- In 1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts education
- Occupations
- naval officerbusiness executivepoliticianfarmer
- Biography
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Brandon McDonald Williams is an American politician, farmer, and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 22nd congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Summer Ross
- Occupations
- volleyball playerbeach volleyball player
- Biography
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Summer Ross is an American beach volleyball player. She was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year. As of 2018, her partner is Sara Hughes.
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Jenna Sanz-Agero
- Occupations
- singerlawyer
- Biography
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Jenna Leah Sanz-Agero is the former lead singer of the female rock group Vixen, and a former president of Media 8. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California and served from 2017 to 2019 as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Operations for The H Collective, a motion picture company. Since July 2019 she serves as Director of Business, Legal Affairs and Strategic Knowledge Management at Netflix.
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Noah Lowry
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Noah Ryan Lowry is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2007.
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Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stjarnan of the Besta deild kvenna. She was a member of the Iceland national team from 2011 to 2023.
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Joel Kleefisch
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Joel M. Kleefisch is a former American politician and a former television reporter who now works as a lobbyist. He served fourteen years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing parts of Waukesha, Jefferson, and eastern Dane counties. His wife, Rebecca Kleefisch, is the former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
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Ryan Christenson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Alan Christenson is an American professional baseball former outfielder, minor league manager, and current bench coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Miranda Ayim
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Miranda Joy Ayim is a Canadian basketball player for Basket Landes in France. Ayim is a captain of the Canada women's national team and competed for Canada in three Olympics between 2012 and 2021.
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Jessica Dominguez
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jessica Dominguez is an immigration lawyer based in Studio City, California. She is a radio and television presenter. Between 2012 and 2013 she hosted the radio program Pregúntale a la Abogada on Univision Radio. Currently she hosts the weekly television immigration "Ángel de la Justicia" on Univision's ¡Despierta América! and also appears on Primer Impacto's immigration segments. She is an advocate for immigration reform and has given commentary on the topic for media outlets including The Los Angeles Times.
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Maya Rogers
- Biography
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Maya Rogers is a businesswoman and entrepreneur known for her work in the video game industry. She is the president and CEO of The Tetris Company, the company that manages the licensing and development of the Tetris brand.
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Colbey Ross
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Colbey Ross is an American professional basketball player for Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.
